Disclaimer: Still don't own the characters. Not profiting.

A.N. I wish you people had reviewed the last chapter. Ah well. Well I'm currently working on two gravitation fics. Yeah. Lots of stupidness for me. I'll finish all of these soon hopefully and get to work on hopefully more serious works. Maybe parodies if my sense of humor returns anytime soon. Oh! I'll also be releasing a Fake/Gravitation/Futurama crossover fic. Should be interesting. It'll probable up sometime in January. I'll be finishing the Gravitation fic I currently have up soon as well. Oh and. If the characters seem out of character in all of this, don't pay any attention to it. It's how it has to be.

InuYashasluvr16- Hope all ya want. You won't really know until the results from the test come. So hah!

Inuyashangel- No. The bad thing was something else. I'm still trying to pull that one together. Admit it!

Neko Kagome- Umm... not telling.

Lovez David- Not necessarily. -shifty eyes-

A.N. None of you shall ever know the truth until I reveal it! Bwahahahaha! Another note, fuck this. I just realized that the last name I gave Hojo is to long and annoying. I'm making it shorter. Changing it from Yokoshimanakokoro to Yokoshi. It'll be so much easier to remember.


"Son of a bitch!" the young dark haired woman said angrily as she slammed the phone down onto the receiver. Conniving bastard. Damn that Sesshomaru!

"Ugh!" she growled as she stormed out of her bedroom. It was a good thing she'd already showered and dressed. She grabbed a file from off the kitchen counter and headed for the door.

"Take today off Marie!" she called to the maid. She grabbed her coat and left, slamming the door shut behind her. She threw the coat over her shoulders, grabbed the file in her teeth and pushed her arms through the sleeves, tying it in front of her. She smoothed the tan material, took her keys from her pocket and clicked the button to unlock her car. She practically ripped the door off the hinges as she opened it. She threw the file onto the seat and got in, closing the door as she pulled her foot in.

Angrily she shoved the key into the ignition, started the car, put it in drive and sped off down to the end of the driveway. She tore out onto the street and sped off towards the Takahashi mansion. She knew exactly where she was going.

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"Sesshomaru stop pacing! You're making me dizzy just watching you!" Kayou said with an exasperated sigh.

Sesshomaru stopped and looked at his wife. He sighed and dropped down onto the empty portion of the couch next to her. Kayou took the opportunity to pull the man into her arms, letting his head rest against her chest.

"Honey you've got to relax. She knows what she's doing, and you're only making her mad."

Sesshomaru sighed and turned his head to look up at her. "I know. But this is important!" he said and started to rise, only to be pulled back down by his wife.

"I know it is. All of this is important to us, especially your brother. But if you keep pushing her like this, she's going to snap and you'll be the one on the receiving end. Love, she doesn't appreciate your constant nagging. She does her job extremely well, so let it rest at that. Give her time and space. She's been working late into the night doing what we ask her to. You have to be patient."

Sesshomaru sighed. "I know," he said quietly. "I understand. I'll try."

"Don't try. Just do it. Oh. I also got a call from Mizuki. She already has the results, but we'll still be getting them Saturday. We'll need to get Kagome out of the house some..."she paused.

Sesshomaru looked at her expectantly, waiting for her to go on.

"Oh! I got a call from Bankotsu."

"Really?" Sesshomaru said sitting up and looking at her. "What about?"

"Sorry love. Can't go into details right now. He just wants us to meet him tomorrow night at midnight at Sierra's."

Sesshomaru stared at her. "Alright. Anything else?"

"Um... Let's see. Oh! That stupid little bastard Naraku called."

"What's he want this time?"

"Same as always. Your life. Your brother's life. Me to be his. And one other thing. He said he also has some information we could use, but, he said it won't come cheap."

"Never does, does it," Sesshomau grumbled.

"Of course not. Never with him."

They both turned their heads hearing a knock at the door.

"Come in!" Kayou called.

The door opened and one of the young maids entered and made a small bow. "Mr. Takahashi, Miss Yokumi is here. She is waiting in the anteroom."

"Thank you Yura."

The young woman bowed again and turned, leaving the two alone.

"Shall we?" Sesshomaru said as he rose, extending his hand out to his wife.

"Of course," she said, taking his hand and rising to her feet. She linked her arm through his and an walked with him out of the small room. They headed out into the main hall then directly to the anteroom Miss Yokumi was waiting in.

"It's good to see you!" Kayou exclaimed as she withdrew her arm and embraced the young woman.

The other laughed softly. "It's been awhile," she said smiling.

"Rin Yokumi," Sesshomaru looking at the woman before him. "I'm sorry for my rudeness earlier, but we needed the information. Shall we proceed to the study?"

"I know," Rin said laughing as the two women parted from the hug.

Rin nodded and followed them to the study.

"Now. What I have gathered thus far isn't perfect, but it's a lot of useful information. A lot of it concerns some 'trading,' that's been going on in the black market. We've received information about young girls randomly disappearing from cities in the U.S., England, France, Spain, India, China, and several others. Many of these young women come from rather wealthy families. We have reason to believe that Mr. Yokoshi is deeply involved in this. Inside sources have pictures you might want to look at."

Rin let the file in her hand dropped onto the table between her and Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru slowly opened the folder and pulled out several photos.

"That first one is of a young girl name Yumi Nakamura, fifteen years old. Look at the marks on her back. Every single one was made by a whip. They use the whips to 'punish' the girls when they don't 'satisfy' the clients who pay to use them. The food is far less than adequate, and the living conditions are horrendous. As far as we know, they are never allowed to shower or really clean themselves in anyway. The wounds will become infected.

"Look at the second one. This girl was not only whipped on the back, but also the front of her torso. Her name is Liana Mahiri, age fourteen and a half, turning fifteen in two months. I believe she is one girl that became pregnant as the clients refuse to use condemns, not caring what happens to these young girls. She was found three days after the picture was taken in a dumpster, barely breathing. She is currently in a coma.

"The third girl is a sixteen year old girl from Los Angeles, California. A Latino girl named Angela Lutero. Like Mahiri she has whip marks covering both the front and back of her torso. Her legs are also badly cut up, supposedly from her trying to escape and wounding herself in doing so. She is still there.

"The fourth girl is a fifteen year old Chinese girl named Lee, last name unknown. She was also found in a dumpster, a fetus growing in her womb. The same marks as Liana covered her body. She is also in a coma.

"The fifth one is a young girl named Alice O'Riley, age fifteen from Dublin, Ireland. She went missing seven months ago. Her back is covered with whip marks. Her back was raw and bleeding the time this was taking. The wounds already turning green from lack of treatment.

"The rest if the girls are in the same condition. So far, one girl has been found dead. Her face practically torn apart by what we expect were scavengers. She was found out in the forest three days ago. An autopsy was performed, and she was shortly identified only as Alex. No last name is known at this time.

"Right now we suspect that every other girl is currently alive, though health is clearly failing. We are hoping that the two girls in coma's will awaken and tell us all they can. Until then, my inside sources will continue collecting information for once about the girls."

Sesshomaru nodded, understanding it all as he set the photos down.

"Now. There is another thing we must discuss."


Sorry I had to leave you all hanging. It was past three in the morning when I finished it, and I needed to get an update out there for all of you. I'll hopefully finish this part soon. n-n

Ciao,
Illuma